It used to be, here in Uganda, that mail was "delivered" by people tossing the letters or parcels into the round-about at the center of the town. People near by would collect and give to the addressee when next seen.
Currently, in Uganda, mail is hand delivered through friends, bus drivers going to the destination or through the post system. Many people have post office boxes, and any business of any size has one too. In Kampala there are two post offices, one downtown and one nearer to where I stay.
There is no home delivery, and no junk mail!! Since living here I have received mail in each of the following ways:
-delivered by interns or staff coming to eMi EA
-from the eMi EA post office box
-from my own PO box
-from Heritage School
It still takes 3 weeks to receive a letter posted from the US to here, and about the same for the return. Good thing there is email and the fb chat and blogs to keep us well connected.
Next time you are at the Post Office or see you mail carrier, be sure to thank them for the good work they do. I certainly appreciate the staff at Clock Tower Post Office where I have my box.
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I was chastized a little bit by my postal worker because I didn't tell him that I would be get packages/mail for McNeill. I tried to tell him that I didn't know either. :) He's great though.
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